Capital Markets

We represent U.S. and foreign issuers and underwriters in a variety of capital-raising transactions. These transactions range from initial public offerings to offerings by seasoned public companies and involve the issuances of high-yield, investment grade and convertible debt and common and preferred stock in the U.S. and foreign markets. Our extensive experience in capital markets includes registered offerings as well as Rule 144A offerings.

Our Capital Markets Group draws on the general and particular experience within our Corporate & Financial Services Department and the other departments throughout our firm to provide high quality legal services efficiently and effectively.

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Clovis Oncology, Inc.

We represented Clovis Oncology in its $235.75 million and $345 million underwritten public offerings of common stock. (2017)

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

We represented Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. in the public offerings of common stock and mandatory convertible preferred stock in connection with its pending acquisition of RidgeWorth Investments. (2017)

James River Group Holdings, Ltd.

We represented the underwriter in the secondary public offering of common shares by James River Group Holdings, Ltd. (2016)

Aspen Insurance Holdings

We represented Aspen Insurance Holdings in its public offering of $250 million of perpetual non-cumulative preference shares. (2016)

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

We represented the underwriters in the $436.5 million offering of depository shares by Arch Capital Group. (2016)

Ryerson Holding Corporation

We represented Ryerson Holding Corporation, a Platinum Equity portfolio company, in its $76.25 million public offering of common stock. (2016)

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

We represented J.P. Morgan as sole book-running manager in Strategic Hotel & Resorts’ $292.1 million public offering of common stock. (2014)

Paramount Group, Inc.

We represented Paramount Group, Inc. in its $2.6 billion initial public offering, the largest REIT initial public offering in U.S. history. (2014)

Brookdale Senior Living Inc.

We represented the underwriters, led by BofA Merrill Lynch and Goldman, Sachs & Co as the joint book-running managers and CSCA Capital Advisors, LLC and RBC Capital Markets as the co-managers in Brookdale Senior Living’s $300 million offering of common stock. We also represented Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in Brookdale’s $621 million secondary offering. (2014)

Euronext NV.

We represented a significant shareholder group in Euronext’s IPO (acquiring 33.36% of Euronext’s capital). (2014)

Ryerson Holding Corporation

We represented the issuers and selling security holders in the approximately $121 million IPO of Ryerson Holding Corporation. (2014)

Clovis Oncology, Inc.

We represented Clovis Oncology in its $115 million secondary offering of common stock by certain selling stockholders. (2013)

Shutterstock, Inc.

We represented the underwriters, led by bookrunning managers Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Jefferies, in Shutterstock’s $276 million follow-on offering of common stock. (2013)

Lancashire Holdings Limited

We represented Lancashire Holdings Limited in its £131 million equity placing of common shares, to raise approximately one-half of the proceeds to fund its acquisition of Cathedral Capital Limited, and the admission of shares on the London Stock Exchange. (2013)

Clovis Oncology, Inc.

We represented Clovis Oncology in its $275 million public offering of common stock. (2013)

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

We represented RenaissanceRe in its $275 million offering of preference shares. (2013)

CME/Time Warner

We represented Time Warner Inc., the largest shareholder of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., in the exercise of its preemptive right to purchase 49.9% of the number of shares of Class A common stock sold in CME’s $174 million public offering, and in its purchase of $200 million of CME’s Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock in a private placement. (2013)

BTS Group Holdings PCL

We represented a cornerstone investor in BTS Group’s $2.13 billion initial public offering, the largest-ever IPO in Thailand. (2013)

Five Oaks Investment Corp.

We represented XL Investments Ltd. in its investments in Five Oaks Investments Corp., a mortgage-based REIT which later consummated its initial public offering. (2013)

Radian Group

We represented the underwriters, led by joint bookrunning managers Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., in Radian Group Inc.’s public offering of 39.1 million shares of common stock. (2013)

Synageva BioPharma Corp.

We represented the underwriters, led by joint book-running managers Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan, in Synageva’s $118 million public offering of common stock. (2013)

Debt Offerings

Lennar Corporation

We represented Lennar as issuer in its offering of $300 million of 2.95% Senior Notes due 2020 and $900 million of 4.75% Senior Notes due 2027. (2017)

Tronox Limited

We represented Tronox Limited in an offering of $450 million 5.75% Senior Notes due 2025, together with the closing of new credit facilities. (2017)

RenaissanceRe

We represented RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.in the underwritten public offering by its subsidiary, RenaissanceRe Finance Inc., of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 3.450% Senior Notes due 2027. (2017)

Lennar Corporation

We represented Lennar as issuer in its offering of $650 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.50% Senior Notes due 2024. (2017)

iPayment

We represented iPayment in its $175 million 144A offering of 10.75% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes Due 2024. (2017)

Lennar Corporation

We represented Lennar as issuer in its offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.125% Senior Notes due 2022. (2017)

MetLife, Inc.

We represented The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in its issuance of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes. (2017)

Arch Capital Finance

We represented the underwriters in an aggregate $950 million public offering of senior notes by Arch Capital Group Ltd. (2016)

The Allstate Corporation

We represented The Allstate Corporation in connection with its offerings of $550 million 3.280% Senior Notes due 2026 and $700 million 4.200% Senior Notes due 2046. (2016)

LSB Industries, Inc.

We represented LSB Industries, Inc. in a successful consent solicitation to effect certain amendments to its 7.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 following the company’s $364 million sale of its climate control business. (2016)

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

We represented Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS) in its $2.5 billion public debt offering. (2016)

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

We represented Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in its series of three multi-tranche, multi-market offerings of senior notes aggregating $20.4 billion to finance its pending acquisition of Actavis Generics, the worldwide generic pharmaceutical business of Allergan plc. (2016)

W. R. Berkley Corporation

We represented W. R. Berkley Corporation in its $290 million offering of subordinated debentures. (2016)

Radian Group Inc.

We represented the underwriters in Radian Group Inc.’s offering of $350 million senior notes. (2016)

The Hanover Insurance Group

We represented the lead book-running managers in The Hanover Insurance Group’s offering of $375 million senior notes. (2016)

Level 3 Communications, Inc.

We represented Level 3 in its offering of $775 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.25% Senior Notes due 2026. (2016)

Lennar Corporation

We represented Lennar as issuer in its offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.750% Senior Notes due 2021. (2016)

W. R. Berkley Corporation

We represented W. R. Berkley Corporation in its $110 million offering of subordinated debentures. (2016)

WFS Global Holding

We represented Platinum Equity and WFS Global Holding in connection with the high yield notes offering to fund WFS’s acquisition of CAS and an amendment of an existing super senior secured revolving credit facility. (2016)

Lennar Corporation

We represented Lennar Corporation in its offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.875% Senior Notes due 2023. (2015)

Level 3 Communications, Inc.

We represented Level 3 Communications in its $900 million 144A offering of senior notes by its subsidiary Level 3 Financing, Inc. (2015)

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

We represented Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS) in its public offering of $4.5 billion aggregate of debt securities to finance its $9.1 billion acquisition of SunGard. (2015)

DaVinciRe Holdings Ltd.

We represented DaVinciRe Holdings, a joint venture of RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., in its $150 million 144A offering of senior notes. (2015)

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

RenaissanceRe Ltd

We represented RenaissanceRe Ltd. and its subsidiary, RenaissanceRe Finance Inc., in the subsidiary’s agreement to sell in an underwritten public offering $300 million aggregate principal amount of 3.700% senior notes, guaranteed by RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (2015)

Platinum Equity

We represented Platinum Equity in connection with the financing of Platinum’s acquisition of WFS Global Holding S.A.S, Inc. from LBO France Gestion, including a high yield notes offering and a new senior secured revolving credit facility. (2015)

Platinum Equity

We represented Platinum Equity in connection with the financing of Platinum’s acquisition of PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. and PRIMESOURCE Building Products International,Inc. from Itochu International Inc. and Itochu Corporation. (2015)

Agence France Local

We represented Agence France Locale, the first funding agency owned entirely by local governments and dedicated to their financing in France, in the launch of an EMTN Program and inaugural bond issue. (2015)

Lennar Corporation

We represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as Sole Book-Running Manager in Lennar’s offering of $250 million of 4.50% senior notes due 2019. (2015)

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

We represented Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in its $1.3 billion debt tender offer for five series of senior notes. (2015)